Howdy folks, Dominic here. We have come to another Wepet-Renpet, the opening of the year,

at least in the Western calendar. For the ancient Egyptians, the new year started a few months

ago, around late August, with the rising of the Nile flood. But times change, systems change,

and we on the history of Egypt podcast are marking

our transitions at the end of December. I am taking one week off to spend time with family,

but this coming weekend I'll be doing another live stream about the village of Dia el-Medina.

In particular, I'm talking about the fabulous tombs built by

their inhabitants. There is a lot of wonderful scholarship about these artists and the builders,

and I want to synthesize some of it to explain how did a private citizen build their own tomb.

That live stream is happening this weekend via YouTube Live. You can find the

links and the time in the episode description, or simply follow my YouTube channel to get the

notification. After that, the narrative will resume on January 3rd. We are now in the home stretch

of SETI the 1st I reign, and there are some remarkable

events and monuments to discuss. We're going to explore a major festival that Setti particularly

emphasized, and the grandiose temple he constructed to honor it. We're also going to visit the

king's tomb in its completed state, to explore the art and decoration,

and the king's burial, what remains of it, and how we can understand it.

We'll talk about Setti's mummy, one of the best preserved of all the royal mummies,

and what it can tell us about the man himself, his lifestyle, and daily life in that particular period.

And we'll discuss some interesting mythology that comes from Setti's tomb, including the great

story of the goddess Hattor and Sakhmet, and the time when they nearly destroyed the world.

All of that is coming up in the next few episodes,

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